Poontong Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Poontong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 75 | 1:941,845 | 145,864 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
Poontong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poontong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poontong is more frequently found in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Poontong click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poontong? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poontong is the 2,075,631st most frequently used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Poontong reside; 91 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 91 percent reside in Tai-Asia.
This surname is most widely held in Thailand, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 941,845. In Thailand it is mostly found in: Bangkok, where 25 percent are found, Songkhla Province, where 19 percent are found and Surat Thani Province, where 17 percent are found. Other than Thailand this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Poontong
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